Ample Slide Lapsteel

Name: Ample Slide Lapsteel
Price: 119 USD
Author: Ample Sound

by Ample Sound · Instrument · Sampled lap steel guitar

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Ample Slide Lapsteel is a sampled 70s Jedson lap steel guitar (David Gilmour custom model) that runs in Ample Sound's own plugin.

It has 9 articulations including quarter slide and legato vibrato, a slide-guitar legato system and a built-in amp section. It costs $119.

Best for: Guitars. Genres: Rock & Indie, Ambient & Cinematic, Pop.

Keywords: guitar instrument, monophonic, leads, sample-based, 70s, smooth, arpeggiator, cinematic, polyphonic, visual feedback.

What it does

Ample Slide Lapsteel samples a 1970s Jedson lap steel, a David Gilmour custom model. It is built around "a slide system specifically designed for Slide Guitars", so glides, quarter slides and bar vibrato come out smooth instead of stepping from fret to fret.

Articulations: nine in all: sustain, natural harmonic, slide in, slide out, quarter slide, legato slide, legato vibrato, buzzing and arpeggio.
Slide and legato: a polyphonic legato and slide smoother for realistic legato at any interval and speed, plus an infinite legato system made for slide playing.
Riffer 4: a MIDI riff editor with piano-roll and tab views, string visualisation that stops two notes landing on one string, MIDI import and export, technique editing for fingering, articulation, legato and expression, and MIDI CC and velocity editors.
Amp heads: seven models: Metal Double, Metal Treble, Lead 800, Jazz 120, 65 Twang, 65 Delight and 57 Delight.
Cabinets: eight guitar cabinets, each captured with eight microphones.
Effects: 8-band EQ, compressor, delay and convolution reverb.

The product page does not show a version number or a demo.

Source: Ample Sound product page

When to use it

Ample Slide Lapsteel does a different job from Heavier7Strings, the rated guitar instrument in this category on the site, a seven-string built for metal riffs: it plays the continuous pitch of a steel bar on strings, with quarter slides and legato vibrato that a fretted guitar patch can't give you. Its built-in amp heads take it from a clean 65 Twang tone to driven Lead 800 sounds, so you can get a finished lead tone inside the plugin. It is a specialist instrument rather than a general guitar, and is best bought for slide parts you would otherwise have to hire a player for.

Best for: atmospheric slide leads, country and Hawaiian lap steel lines, and ambient swells.
Genres: rock, country, ambient and cinematic music.
Look elsewhere if: you want a pedal steel with pedals and knee levers, or fretted guitar parts; Heavier7Strings or one of Ample's guitar models fit those better.

Where to buy

Ample Sound: $119
Plugin Boutique: $119

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